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Good to know. Thanks. I too enjoy our banter. But, I just wanted to make sure it was mutual. Scott

Very nice job. I like it. Scott

Monty's posting reminds me, I'm impressed that you didn't make the mistake of painting the engine Chevy Orange. But, since your dad owns one, you obviously knew the correct color. Scott

Looks very nice. I'm impressed. Scott

Pretty car. Good save. Nice to see a Javelin and not an AMX. AMXs are cool. But, so are the Javelins. By the way any license should hide the broken license mounting in the back. Scott

That's not my goal Tom, to follow you around the Internet fixing your "bumbling posts". I just enjoy topics like this so much. And I look at it as me adding my "bumbling posts" on to yours. The things you post are great. The info you pass on is great. But I hope your like me, and enjoy it when somebody can add something interesting facts to complete the story. I'm obsessed with history. Mainly automotive. And sometimes get too carried away sharing what I know. Scott

One other thing about Kaiser. Henry Kaiser's dream was not to build the big Kaiser and Frazer automobiles they offered right after war. Like Powell Crosley, he felt America's needed a small cheap car. And he was the one to build it. Whether American's wanted it or not, was another question. Both Ford and Chevrolet looked at building small cars after the war too. But, both found it cost almost as much at the time to build a small as it did a big one. And looking at market, they realizing American's were not really interested in small, cheap cars. The compact Ford design was sent to France to be build there. The Chevy Cadet was just dropped. Never to see the light of day. But, Henry Kaiser was going to have his small car no matter what anybody, including what his automotive partner Frazer, had to say about it. At one point, it came time to name this new little compact car. They held a nation wide contest to come up with a name. By the way, before we tell you winning name, you should know that Henry Kaiser's middle initial is J. What a surprise! The winning name was Henry J! Really!? Sorry to say so, but yes. Kaiser had two options at the time they were developing the Henry J. One they could spend their money tooling up for the Henry J. Or two, they could spend their money on tooling up a modern V8 engine their engineers had designed. They could not afford both. Let's see? Try to sell small cheap cars like Bantam and Crosley tried before. That didn't seem to make big money for those two companies. Or go the Oldsmobile route and build big fast cars with a modern designed OHV V8s? Which do we do?..... Aw, Henry Kaiser knows more about what America wants than those big automotive experts out of Detroit. After all he had built the Hoover Dam and Liberty ships for the government when people thought it couldn't be done. Henry J Kaiser is never wrong. Now you know why we are driving new Kaisers and Henry Js today (and Bantams, Crosleys, and Hudson Jets, etc). Scott

On this Harry, Kaiser was not into consumer goods like Crosley, before they built cars. They were big into gravel and construction. They built things like the Hoover Dam. During World War II they got into mass producing Liberty ships. Henry Kaiser's success with this venture made him think he knew how to mass produce anything, including cars. He did not. And we all know how that turned out. After the war, Kaiser moved into other things, diversifying the company. But before the war they had very little to do with direct consumers. Scott

Just for clarity. Crosley became an automaker before the war. They started offering cars in 1939. You can see one in the first posting on this tread. The prewar Crosleys were smaller than the postwar models. They were powered by an air-cooled two-cylinder Waukesha engine. It was only 38.87 cubic inches, and 13-1/2 horsepower. Prices started at $325 for the basic convertible coupe. Despite Canonball Baker driving one from Cincinnati to Los Angeles on only $9.41 worth of gas, averaging 50.4 mpg, Americans were not interested in the car. Crosley sold less than 4500 car in the four years leading up to the war. The new postwar Crosley sold almost 5,000 cars in 1946 alone. By the way, the prewar Crosley as small as it is, is still bigger than a King Midget. Not a lot bigger. But, still it is bigger. Scott

Now for some reason I did laugh over this quote. Scott

Your a sick man Jim. I just don't know. Sorry to say I haven't gotten too far with mine yet. Scott

Any pictures? Scott

Thanks Bill/Ace. Interesting, but not a great joke (or maybe a pun?). In other words, even after having it explained me, I'm still not laughing. Sorry guys. Scott

Who is Albert Hammond? Scott

My Slingster is perfect. Good chrome. No flash. Very happy with the kit. Scott

I'm sorry. I'm not always the quickest wit. Sometimes I need the joke explained to me. I assume this is meant as a joke of some sort? Or am I missing the point completely? Scott

I know you indicated a of 1:350. So how big is this model? I'm assuming it's huge? Scott

Nice looking Chevelle. Good job. Scott

Very nice job. Scott

I wonder if they make a wing like that for my Buick? Scott

Ah, Lucas. The prince of darkness. Do you know why the British drink warm beer? Their refrigerators are all made by Lucas. Scott

Wow! I did know that you could make Jags ugly. I guess anything is possible. Scott

Bill Mitchell. Duntov hated the the window divider in the '63. Part of the reason it lasted only one year. And the Bats were just one of many inspirations for the '63 Stingray. Scott

By the way I just noticed on cover in my last post, where Archie's eyes are pointed. No wonder he is smiling. Scott

Nice clean build. Good job. Scott